Read Africa

READ AFRICA: Scholar Recommended Reads

Americans often have limited knowledge about Africa. Accurate, balanced books can change and expand what we know, think and feel about Africa. Our Read Africa initiative promotes books that have been vetted by African Studies scholars. The four Read Africa bibliographies listed below provide easy access to age appropriate books.

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Africa Access Review provides annotations and scholarly reviews of children’s and young adult books that focus on Africa. More than 100 African Studies scholars are members of our review team.

Children’s Africana Book Awards
Africa Access and the Outreach Council of the African Studies Association give annual awards for the best children’s and young adult books on Africa available for purchase in the US. More than 90 awards have been presented to authors and illustrators.